12,000 soldiers of the Changshui Army hurried south, galloping across the wilderness of the Western Regions, and the Hu tribes of all sizes fled along the way. These Hu tribes have already feared the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and when they saw the battle flag of the Ming Dynasty from afar, they fled with their clans, and the soldiers of the Changshui Army drove straight in, and went straight to the sweat tent of the Duohuo Ti Department: Kill first.

The army was marching rapidly, and a group of people came at night, and the chief flag of the leader said loudly: "The town! ”

Zhou Zongsheng rode his horse and galloped, shouting loudly: "What's the matter! ”

"Qiqi General Town, I found the sentry cavalry of the Duohuo Ti Department in front, with three hundred people!"

Zhou Zongsheng was overjoyed when he heard the news, although the army had Hu guides to lead the way, but it was only for the army to lead the general direction, and the specific location of Kuxian still needed to be explored in detail at night.

Zhou Zongsheng shouted: "The whole army is assaulted! Kill me! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

The 12,000 soldiers of the Changshui Army roared in unison, killing the front like a flood, and the 300 sentry horses of the Huorati Division who had just arrived had no power to fight back at all, and they were slaughtered in the blink of an eye, and not a single one escaped.

"To the south! To the south! ”

The officers and soldiers of the Changshui Army did not stop and continued to advance southward, and Zhou Zongsheng sent hundreds of soldiers who did not accept the army to probe forward, searching for the direction of Kuxian.

At the same time, on the battlefield thirty miles southwest of Tiemen Pass, the decisive battle between the Ming army and the main army of the Duohuo Rati Department was in full swing, and the two sides were inextricably killed, and the battle was unprecedentedly fierce.

Liu Juntao stood on the platform, looking at the fighting field in the distance, his brows furrowed tightly, and the five people next to him, Lan Siqi, Xiang Qun, Liu Zi'an, Zhang Yuqing, and Huang Wu also had solemn faces.

At this time, the 220,000 troops of the Duohuo Rati Department had all pressed up, the momentum was arrogant, and they had been fully prepared, and the whole army had been equipped with heavy shields, and thousands of carts were converted into shield carts, all of which were pushed to the front of the army formation, used to resist the firearms of the Ming army.

I saw more than 80,000 infantry troops advancing in formation, and eight huge phalanxes slowly moving forward, under the cover of thousands of shield carts and countless large shields, braving the bombardment of the artillery fire of various units of the Tiance Army, they actually advanced to within 200 steps of the Ming army's large array!

And the 100,000 iron cavalry army on the left and right wings of the Duo Huo Rati Department has also started slowly, rushing straight towards the two wings of the Ming army, it seems that the Duo Huo Rati Department is ready to defeat the Ming army's two wings of soldiers and horses, obviously the Duo Huo Rati tribe leader Bayankra has found that the Shaanxi town departments deployed on the two wings of the Tiance Army, the captured soldiers and horses are the shortcomings of the Ming army's combat strength!

"Order all units of the Tiance Army to fire with all their artillery at full strength, concentrate their fire on the Tartars' shield carts, and open a gap for the bird guns!"

"Order the chief military officer of Shaanxi Town, Niu Ling, to defend on the spot, and block the 50,000 Tartar iron cavalry who killed the left flank at any cost!"

"Order the captive army on the right flank to immediately launch a counter-charge, entangle the 50,000 Tartar iron cavalry who killed the right flank, and hold out for at least half an hour!"

"Order the servant army to prepare for an attack, and when the captive army is defeated, do all your best to storm the Tartar cavalry on the right flank!"

Liu Juntao gave orders one after another, and the heralds immediately dispersed, riding their horses and rushing towards all parts of the military array.

It didn't take long for the various units of the Ming army to be mobilized.

More than 30,000 soldiers of Shaanxi Town used big shields and spears to form a huge spear phalanx, and the soldiers gathered tightly together, firmly blocking the left flank of the Ming army's large array.

"Soldiers! Fight to the end! ”

Niu Linghe roared loudly, and his heart was full of fighting spirit.

These Shaanxi town soldiers were originally not very strong, but following Liu Juntao all the way west to fight until now, these soldiers have been soldiers for the rest of their lives, whether it is combat power or mentality, they are already strong.

More importantly, as long as this battle is won, taking the entire Western Regions will be like digging for something, which is enough to shine in the annals of history, and can make the names of all the soldiers go down in history!

Not only is it a good name for literati, but also a martial artist values the name and the righteousness of making contributions to the country!

"Boom!"

The 50,000 iron cavalry of the Ming army that attacked the left flank of the Ming army were all heavy armored iron cavalry, and this iron cavalry army aimed at the left front of the spear array in Shaanxi Town, and crashed straight into it!

The hundreds of heavily armored iron horsemen who hit the front were all stabbed to death by the spears like a jungle, and hundreds of war horses also fell in a pool of blood with a scream.

However, the collision speed of the entire cavalry formation did not slow down in the slightest, and it still rushed forward at high speed.

After the spear formation of Shaanxi Town delayed the first wave of the heavy armored iron cavalry of the Duohuo Rati Division, it was torn open a huge hole by the iron cavalry army that rushed up immediately after, and countless heavy armored iron cavalry rushed into the spear array, wantonly rushing to kill the Ming army soldiers, and the gap was constantly expanding.

Niu Linghe, the chief soldier of Shaanxi Town, was furious when he saw this, and he was ready to fight against the Hu Iron Cavalry, but he never imagined that these Hu Iron Cavalry would organize hundreds of dead soldiers and tear apart the spear array they organized at any cost!

"Soldiers! Kill me and plug the gap! ”

Niu Ling roared, with three hundred heavy armor guards killed, these three hundred people are all elite soldiers with heavy armor and spears, forming a phalanx and rushing towards the huge gap, and the thousands of soldiers around him also followed, blocking the front of the gap, and finally curbing the impact momentum of the heavy armor iron cavalry of the Duo Huo Ti Division.

However, these heavily armored iron cavalry immediately changed the direction of attack, and directly divided the troops into two directions, charging towards the left and right sides, and immediately disrupted the spear array of the soldiers in Shaanxi Town.

Seeing this, Niu Linghe only felt that his blood was rushing to his brain, and the green tendons on his forehead were also bursting out, and he knew very well in his heart that his spear array could no longer be maintained, and now he could only use human life to delay time!

"Hurry up to the Chinese army!"

After giving this order, Niu Linghe gritted his teeth and shouted: "The whole army counterattacks!" To mess up, fight with the Tartars! ”

The officers and men of all departments in Shaanxi Town have already suffered huge casualties, and in just over half an hour, thousands of soldiers have been lost. At this time, under Niu Linghe's order, the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers didn't care about any formation, and all of them were killed with guns, cooperating with each other in a bloody battle with the Tartar iron cavalry, and even fighting to the death with their lives.

Originally, the strength of Shaanxi Town was at a disadvantage, and it also suffered a big loss in terms of troops, but fortunately, at this time, the impact speed of tens of thousands of heavy armored iron cavalry of the Huorati Department had dropped a lot, and the soldiers of Shaanxi Town were still able to hold on, but the casualties of each department were increasing, and the army was also in danger.

Liu Juntao looked at the wolf smoke on the left flank for help, and said in a deep voice: "Order Sun Xu, the chief officer of Pingyang Town, to lead the Tiger Ben Army to move closer to the left flank and flank the Tartar Iron Cavalry army on the left flank!" ”

"Order the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army in the middle of the road to prepare for battle!"

As soon as Liu Juntao finished giving the order, he saw that the army of more than 80,000 Tartar foot soldiers in the middle had rushed to within 100 steps!

At this time, under the artillery bombardment of various units of the Tiance Army, more than half of the thousands of shield carts of the Tartar infantry army had been damaged, and the big shield was also bombarded a lot, but the army of more than 80,000 infantry soldiers was still advancing continuously, and Liu Juntao could see that the Tartar army began to mobilize archers.

The two sides were eighty paces apart.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

Suddenly, a black cloud rose up in the large array of more than 80,000 Tartar foot soldiers, and the black cloud composed of countless arrows shot towards the large array of the Tiance Army, and the terrible sound of breaking the sky pierced the sky, covering the sky and the sun!

"Fire!"

The bird-gunners of the Tiance Army opened fire almost simultaneously, and the three-stage firing array began to shoot in turns.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Almost at the same time, hundreds of divine artillery carriages attached to the front of each unit also began to exert their might, and the dense arrows shot at the large array of Tartar foot soldiers, and immediately shot down a large number of Tartar foot soldiers.

The long-range weapons of both sides were fired almost simultaneously, and they also hit the opponent's military formation almost simultaneously.

Even if there are more than 2,000 shield vehicles equipped by the Tartar infantry army, and the big shield is also equipped with a lot, but in the face of the close bombardment of the bird gun and the Shenji artillery car, there is no power to parry, and the Tartar infantry formation was thinned layer by layer, and after a while, a long line composed of corpses was formed in front of the Tiance army array!

And the officers and men of the Tiance Army also suffered a lot of casualties after being hit by the continuous rain of arrows from the Tartar infantry army.

But fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army are full of protection, whether they are ordinary soldiers or generals at all levels, all of them wear helmets and armor, and outside the heavy armor, the soldiers also wear a very fine iron-inlaid cotton armor, and the eight-petal helmets of the soldiers have iron extension, as long as the soldiers lower their heads slightly, they can block the arrows with a high chance, not to mention that the soldiers also wear iron masks.

Under the continuous shooting of the Tartar infantry army, the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army suffered nearly a thousand casualties in half an hour, and Liu Juntao also frowned, and his face became more and more ugly.

At this time, the army of foot soldiers of the Duohuo Ratti Department was only thirty steps away from the phalanx of the various divisions of the Tiance Army, which could be said to be close at hand.

Suddenly, there was a trumpet sound from the Tartar army in the distance, and tens of thousands of Tartar foot soldiers shouted and launched a charge, and the distance of thirty steps was instantaneous, and these Tartar foot soldiers finally rushed to the front in front of the salvo of the Tiance Army, and collided with the soldiers of the Tiance Army, and the hand-to-hand combat began!

Under the leadership of Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, and Gao Ran, all the generals of each department were pressed to the front line, and led the officers and men of each department to launch a counter-charge, and the main army of more than 100,000 on both sides collided together, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

And the officers and soldiers of the Long Xiang Army of the Ming Army were also ready, but Liu Juntao did not let the soldiers of the Long Xiang Army participate in the battle, but kept this new force as a rear hand, and Liu Juntao's eyes were looking at the right flank of the battlefield, where the 90,000 captive army had already attacked, but the 50,000 Tartar iron cavalry were all light cavalry, and they began to shoot at a distance, and the 90,000 captives instantly fell into a situation of passive beating!